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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 054. Transporting Cultic Objects to Assur (ABL 0433)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Ṭab-šar-Aššur. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) The first day after we left the Palace, we stayed overnight in Ubasê. The boats are all right. On the next day, the gods of the king guarding, we shall safely arrive in [the Inner City], and I shall bring the golden [monster]s [...] into the temple of Aššur. (Break) (14) And [...... the b]ed, th[ere is a ritual] to put together for decorating and washing the bed. If the king, my lord, orders, we shall bring it into the temple of Aššur and perform our rites jointly together. There is room there, and it…

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SAA 01 134. Blessings and Rituals (CT 53 043)

(1) [To the king m]y lord: your servant [Hunnî]. Good health to the king, my lord! [May] Nabû and [Marduk bless the king, my lord]! May they give the king my lord a long life, peace of mind and good hea[lth, extreme old age], a strong army, a long reign and as many years as [......]; may they make all countries submit themselves [to you]! (6) May the king, my lord, the good shepherd [......] truly tend and shepherd them; may Aššur, Bel and Nabû [add] flocks to your flocks, give them to you, and enlarge your spacious fold; may the peoples of all the countries come into your presence! (10) O…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 135. Dividing an Inheritance (ABL 0179)

(1) [To the ki]ng, my lord: your [servant] Amar-ili. [Good he]alth to the king, my lord! (4) As to the house of Mardû of which the king my lord told (me): "You and the governor of Arbela, divide it evenly between the sons of Mardû and give (each his share)!" (12) We did indeed find a writing-board inside (the house), [just as the king my lord had w]ritten; I sealed it and put it inside (...). (r 7) Now I am sending it to the king, my lord. What are the king my lord's instructions?

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 188. Festival of the Moon God (ABL 0134)

(1) [To the king], my [lord: your servant Na[bû-pašir. [Good health to the ki]ng, my lord! [May Sin and] Nikkal bless [the kin]g, my lord! (7) On the 17th of [... Sin] came out and entered the akitu chapel. The sacrifices of the king my lord having been performed successfully, (r 1) Sin returned, entered his temple, took his seat in peace and blessed the king, my lord.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 2

Sargon II 004

Continued from several unpreserved slabs (1') I shattered their very strong walls [wi]th a mighty battering ram, leveling (them) to the gr[ou]nd. I took as booty [the people], [together] with their property. I destroyed, demolished, (and) burned down those cities with fire. (3') The people of the cities Sukkia, Bāla (and) Abitikna conceived (lit.: “deliberated”) an evil plan [that] was to eradicate (lit.: “to tear out the root of”) (their own) land and [g]ave [the]ir word to Ursâ (Rusâ), the Urarṭian, to do obeisance (to him). Because of the crime that they had committed, I deported them…

SAA 01 054. Transporting Cultic Objects to Assur (ABL 0433)

SAA 01 134. Blessings and Rituals (CT 53 043)

SAA 01 135. Dividing an Inheritance (ABL 0179)

SAA 01 188. Festival of the Moon God (ABL 0134)

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